Human brain lateral view description (#8 at bottom right = incisura praeoccipitalis)
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Identifiers
Latin
Incisura praeoccipitalis
NeuroLex ID
birnlex_1436
TA98
A14.1.09.109
TA2
5438
FMA
83739
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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About 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in front of the occipital pole of the human brain, on the infero-lateral border is an indentation or notch, named the preoccipital notch. It is considered a landmark because the occipital lobe is located just behind the line that connects that notch with the parietoccipital sulcus.
notch, named the preoccipitalnotch. It is considered a landmark because the occipital lobe is located just behind the line that connects that notch with...
always present or visible) below; an imaginary line drawn from the preoccipitalnotch to the lateral sulcus posteriorly. The superior temporal gyrus contains...
inferior temporal sulcus below; an imaginary line drawn from the preoccipitalnotch to the lateral sulcus posteriorly. It has been connected with processes...
there is a very distinct occipital ring, and in front of that a distinct preoccipital ring which is weakly divided into a strongly convex central lobe and...